| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a nonvolatile solute from being accumulated in the vicinity of an absorbing member surface. SOLUTION: The liquid ejection apparatus has: a recording head 210 provided with a conductive nozzle plate 260 including openings 262 to discharge a liquid to a recording material 300; an absorbing member 420 arranged farther than the recording material 300 in an orbit of a liquid discharged from the nozzle plate 260 and having an absorbing surface to absorb an liquid which has not applied on the recording material 300; a waste liquid absorbing member 600 which has higher capillary and contacts with the absorbing member 420 in its connection surface different from the absorbing surface and absorbs a liquid absorbed by the absorbing member 420; and an electric potential difference generation means 700 which generates a potential difference V between the nozzle plate 260 and the connection surface of the absorbing member 420, electrically attracts a liquid discharged from the nozzle plate 260 to the connection surface, and electrophoretically attracts a solute in the liquid toward the connection surface from the absorbing surface inside the absorbing member 420. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |
